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1 envelope plain gelatin
1/4 cup cold water
1/2 cup heavy cream, and another 1 1/2 cups of heavy cream, whipped
8 oz soft peppermint candy
Hard peppermint candy
chocolate cookie pie crust
Soften gelatin in water. In a saucepan, put a half cup of the heavy cream with the candy and heat over low heat til candy melts. Add gelatin and mix well. Let cool and fold in whipped heavy cream. Pour into chocolate pie crust, top with crushed hard candies, and chill.
It might be fun to experiment with different types of peppermint candy to see how it comes out, or use a different pie crust.
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11-30-2006 @8:42PM Carolyn said... This may sound quite ignorant, but what would soft peppermint candy be? I'm only familiar with the hard ones.
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11-30-2006 @9:51PM srah said... I had the same question. Are they like those little taffy-ish things you can buy in bulk, with Christmas trees in the center and red-and-white edges?
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12-01-2006 @9:49AM Meg said... Not the taffy stuff no. Soft peppermint is actually a type of hard candy. The most recognizable brand is Bob's Sweet Stripes. Hence the name of the pie. It's usually VERY easy to find around Christmas and such.
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12-01-2006 @6:33PM Robyn said... Soft peppermint candy is like the so much better older sibling to after dinner mints. They're soft and powdery and melt away in your mouth.
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12-01-2006 @11:49AM JD said... Thank you Meg for the information, I really want to make this pie but I didn't know what soft peppermint candy is or where to get them. I heard you can get Bob's peppermint candy at Walgreens. By the way, why do they call it soft when it's actually hard? Huh?
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12-01-2006 @12:55PM Liz said... I think the soft peppermint has more of the texture of those pastel after dinner mints that are hard but dissolve fast. This as opposed to a hard candy cane that you would suck on. You can buy some on Amazon if your local store doesn't have any.
http://www.amazon.com/King-Soft-Peppermint-Candy-5lb/dp/B0007OVY3Q
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12-07-2006 @1:55AM Chris Barr said... I finally decided to buy everything and make this, and it was great! But I have a few tips from my experience.
Be sure and crush the hard peppermints very well, I just put them in a ziploc bag and used a hammer, but it still had some large pieces. Next time I make this I'll put them in a blender to get some "peppermint powder" to top it with instead.
I also forgot to whip the second helping of heavy cream! AS soon as I poured it on the creme/melted candy mixture I realized what I had done! I could no longer make this a 2nd layer topping for the pie, I had to combine it all together. So once again I got my trusty blender out and made sure everything was mixed together nicely and poured that new mixture into the pie crust.
I know I didn't do it exactly right, but it still came out great, but next time I'll make it correctly and see if I like it better.
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12-20-2006 @6:56PM Kelly said... The soft peppermint candies (Bob's) can be purchased at Walmart or Sams Club. I made this pie today!
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12-28-2006 @3:34PM Laura said... The picture of this pie has two layers, but the recipe does not seem to tell you to divide the whipped cream to make two layers. Do you just put about half of the whipped cream with the cream/candy/gelatin mixture, and the other half as the top layer?
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